Qu Leilei – A Chinese artist in Britain

Leading Chinese artist Qu Leilei will show new work in an autumn exhibition in the Ashmolean’s Chinese Paintings Gallery. Qu Leilei (b.1951) is an internationally renowned artist based in London. He was born in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and grew up during the political and cultural turbulence of late twentieth-century China. He started his […]

Project New Sun: Exploring Chinese culture or is it a self-loathing China-bashing monologue?

Photo credit – Chris Chan  – Comedy show Gongs, Songs & Hong Kong Thongs courtesy of China Changing, South Bank Centre The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of  Nee Hao  By Paul Wu – Guest contributor I had been looking forward to seeing Project New Sun: “a double bill exploring Chinese culture in modern day […]

Celebrating the China Britain partnership – A River All Red and The Phoenix Returns Home

China’s Golden Week saw 300,000 Chinese visitors descend on London, an increase of a third from last year’s holiday, and 2017 marks the 45th anniversary of the Ambassadorial diplomatic ties between China and Britain. So, this is an important time in the bilateral partnership between the two countries. To celebrate this international relationship the China […]

British-Chinese talents in the entertainment industry – Actor Linda Louise Duan

Emmanuelle Khoo – Film and Entertainment Editor  Nee Hao starts off its exclusive five-part series that engages in a meaningful conversation with British-Chinese talents in the entertainment industry. From audition tips to guilty pleasures, ongoing debates of British-Chinese identity to East Asian stereotypes in film, Emmanuelle Khoo uncovers an underlying narrative of what it means […]

Fairy Tale, A Tale of Tea – Infusion, In Fashion, In Harmony

V&A-collected Chinese fashion designer Rui Xu, has created “Scarlet Infusion” – seven seductive and spellbinding costumes, one for each of the characters in The Tea Spell, the Rashomon style dance theatre directed by Zhao Liang (UK premiere on 13th August 2017 at Edinburgh International Conference Centre). Centred around the stunningly beautiful, scarlet clad, female lead […]